Word Meaning 鬼が出るか蛇が出るか

おにがでるかじゃがでるか oni ga derukaja ga deruka

鬼が出るか蛇が出るか is read as おにがでるかじゃがでるか (oni ga derukaja ga deruka) and means God only knows what may happen.

Meaning

English

God only knows what may happen

Reading

Kana

おにがでるかじゃがでるか

Romaji

oni ga derukaja ga deruka

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 49 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Proverb ✓ Rank 130462 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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鬼が出るか仏が出るか

おにがでるかほとけがでるか

God only knows what may happen

鬼も十八番茶も出花

おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばな

just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

神出鬼没

しんしゅつきぼつ

appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments

牛鬼蛇神

ぎゅうきだしん

wicked and perverse

藪を突いて蛇を出す

やぶをつついてへびをだす

to stir up trouble for oneself

鬼

き

Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

鬼神

きじん

fierce god

鬼子母神

きしぼじん

Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)

鬼才

きさい

wizard

鬼気

きき

ghastly

鬼門

きもん

weak point

鬼田平子

おにたびらこ

Oriental false hawksbeard (Youngia japonica)

Example Sentences

鬼が出るか蛇が出るか。この提案書の結果が見物だね。

There's no telling what kind of trouble this proposal might stir up. The result is certainly going to be something to see.